Potters Book - Softcover

Leach, Bernard

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ISBN 10: 0571049273 ISBN 13: 9780571049271

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1976

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Examines the standards of and the various clays, pigments, and glazes used in Japanese raku, English slipware, stoneware, and Oriental porcelain, showing students how to adapt designs to local conditions

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About the Author:

Bernard Leach (1887-1979) was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century pottery. Born in Hong Kong and brought up in Japan, Hong Kong and England, he trained at the London School of Art and moved to Japan in 1909, where he studied pottery techniques. In 1920 on his return to England he founded the Leach Pottery with Shoji Hamada in St Ives, Cornwall. His best-known work, A Potter's Book, was first published in 1940.

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"Mr. Leach has worked for a quarter of a century first in the Far East and more recently in England, and his output combines the best qualities of both worlds." -- TLS

"It is the soundest and most detailed book which has ever been written on this subject, and any potter, connoisseur or student of ceramics who neglects to buy it is making a very stupid omission." -- Maurice Collis in Time and Tide

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